Sleeper, You are not doing any one technique long enough to determine if it is working or not. You've already switched. How can you observe and evaluate?
I think the advice that I like is to have firm boundaries (such as not contacting you a million times a day and be expected to be at beck and call) but friendly and kind when in presence.
A friend would not expect you to be at beck and call all the time.
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